Word Origin & History

dramatic 1580s, from L.L. dramaticus, from Gk. dramatikos, from drama (see drama). Meaning "full of action and striking display, fit for a drama" is from 1725. Dramatic irony is recorded from 1907. Related: Dramatically.

Example Sentences for dramatically

The tones were dramatically exact, albeit of a more resonant quality.

"It was the night of the Full Moon," he began, dramatically.

Where the characters are true, and dramatically represented, there can be no monotony.

"Girls, you are saved," proclaimed Gertrude Wells dramatically.

Not slowly, not with warning, not dramatically or with trumpets.

All the callers were gone, and she swept in to Mrs. Hill dramatically.

Dramatically it was a flawless performance; intellectually it was masterful.

When she had eaten too much she would say dramatically: "I am dying!"

The third was Elias Spinks, who walked perpendicularly and dramatically.

"Maybe she has an accomplice," said Billie dramatically, and the girls giggled.